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Funny story   /fˈəni stˈɔri/   Listen
Funny story

noun
1.
An account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line).  Synonyms: funny, funny remark, good story.  "She made a funny"






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"Funny story" Quotes from Famous Books



... phrase, "And so John married Kate;" but it may be hinted at or suggested in the most subtle manner; but settled in some way it must be. Stockton did otherwise in "The Lady, or the Tiger?" but he sought for humorous effect, and all things are fair in the funny story. Stories which are meant to be serious, but which leave the reader still puzzling over the possibilities of the plot, are likely to get their author into serious difficulties with the reading public, even if the editors can be persuaded to overlook ...
— Short Story Writing - A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story • Charles Raymond Barrett

... nothing of the kind. He told her when and where and how he would meet her, and convey her from Stratton to Clavering; gave her some account of a play he had seen; described a little dinner-party in Onslow Crescent; and told her a funny story about Mr. Walliker and the office at the Adelphi. But he said no word, even in rebuke, as to her decision about their marriage. He intended that this should be felt to be severe, and took pleasure in the pain that he would be giving. Florence, when she received her letter, knew that he ...
— The Claverings • Anthony Trollope



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